The court system is one of many processes; one of such processes is the appeal process. An appeals place in the procedure and process of the justice system occur post trial and conviction. An appeal cannot take place until a conviction and sentencing is finalized. An appeal is a legal proceeding by which a case is brought before a higher court for the re-examination of the procedure or decision of a lower court. (Dictionary, 2015) In layman’s terms it is a way to challenge the court’s decision. An appeal in a case may be undertaken by either or both sides; the defendant or prosecution may both have to option to appeal a decision. An appeal does not re-examine the evidence or testimonies involved in the previous decision but instead re-examines the process involved in the previous decision; if interrogation tactics, searches and seizures, and trial procedures are constitutional or not. There are three types of appeals within the appeals process. The direct appeal, also known as an appeal of right, happens when the penalty for the errors made at trial were so big that the appellate court is mandated to review the case. The discretionary appeal is filed when there is a legal ground to show that specific errors were made in a case where the laws were not applied to the case properly. Interlocutory appeals are filed when a judge’s decision hinders the progress of a case being tried and to wait until the end of the trial would hurt the case if allowed to go until the end. In the case that the examination finds that there was an error in the procedure then the court will find for an overturning of the prior decision and any punishment attached to the prior decision is thusly terminated. In the effect there is found that no error was made the appeal is denied and the prior decision is upheld by the court as is any punishment that may be attached to the prior decision.